The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 41 65 37
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -28
Permanent jobs citing Retail 411 268 360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 5.720% 3.776% 5.242%
As % of the General category 15.55% 11.05% 16.34%
Number of salaries quoted 280 214 306
Average salary £38,250 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All of the General Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
2643 2426 2203
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 36.78% 34.18% 32.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2109 2070 1868
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £39,290
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,650 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £63,000 £67,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Retail
England

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Retail across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

North West Retail Jobs Demand Trend

Retail
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Retail across the North West region.

North West Retail Salary Trend

Retail
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Retail across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Retail Salary Histogram

Retail
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +11 247 £40,000 -15.78%
Cheshire +35 90 £31,250 -3.84%
Merseyside +26 34 £45,000 +2.27%
Lancashire +7 25 £31,500 -14.86%
Cumbria - 4 £35,000 -
Retail
England

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Retail also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Retail.

1 230 (27.81%) Finance
2 188 (22.73%) Oracle
3 185 (22.37%) E-Commerce
4 171 (20.68%) SQL Server
5 161 (19.47%) SQL
6 154 (18.62%) .NET
7 149 (18.02%) HTML
8 142 (17.17%) JavaScript
9 134 (16.20%) Telecoms
10 126 (15.24%) C#
11 122 (14.75%) Fujitsu
12 115 (13.91%) Microsoft
13 104 (12.58%) CSS
14 103 (12.45%) MVC
15 102 (12.33%) Time Management
16 100 (12.09%) Banking
17 99 (11.97%) ASP.NET
18 96 (11.61%) Business Intelligence
19 90 (10.88%) Oracle EBS
20 89 (10.76%) UNIX
20 89 (10.76%) Degree
21 84 (10.16%) Security Cleared
22 80 (9.674%) Project Management
22 80 (9.674%) Web Development
23 79 (9.553%) jQuery
24 76 (9.190%) Java
24 76 (9.190%) PHP
25 72 (8.706%) Oracle EBS R12
26 71 (8.585%) Agile Software Development
27 70 (8.464%) MS Excel

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Retail also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Retail. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 154 (18.62%) .NET
2 149 (18.02%) HTML
3 104 (12.58%) CSS
4 99 (11.97%) ASP.NET
5 79 (9.553%) jQuery
6 64 (7.739%) XML
7 61 (7.376%) Web Services
8 41 (4.958%) ASP.NET MVC
9 37 (4.474%) WCF
10 33 (3.990%) WPF
11 26 (3.144%) DHTML
12 25 (3.023%) J2EE
13 24 (2.902%) CSS3
14 23 (2.781%) LAMP
15 22 (2.660%) Spring
16 21 (2.539%) Ajax
17 20 (2.418%) ASP.NET MVC 4
18 19 (2.297%) .NET Framework
19 18 (2.177%) WebSphere
19 18 (2.177%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 26 (3.144%) SAS
2 19 (2.297%) Windows Azure
3 16 (1.935%) CMS
4 14 (1.693%) Magento
5 11 (1.330%) SharePoint
6 9 (1.088%) WebSphere Application Server
7 7 (0.846%) ESB
8 5 (0.605%) CICS
8 5 (0.605%) MQSeries
9 3 (0.363%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.363%) IIS
9 3 (0.363%) MS Exchange
9 3 (0.363%) Joomla!
9 3 (0.363%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.242%) Lync
10 2 (0.242%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (0.242%) WordPress
10 2 (0.242%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.242%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.242%) Drupal
Applications
1 70 (8.464%) MS Excel
2 39 (4.716%) MS Office
3 15 (1.814%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.572%) MS PowerPoint
5 11 (1.330%) MS Project
6 10 (1.209%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.846%) SPSS
8 4 (0.484%) Fireworks
9 3 (0.363%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.242%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.242%) InDesign
11 1 (0.121%) RoboHelp
Business Applications
1 90 (10.88%) Oracle EBS
2 72 (8.706%) Oracle EBS R12
3 60 (7.255%) Oracle Financials
4 53 (6.409%) Hyperion Planning
5 15 (1.814%) Dynamics AX
6 12 (1.451%) Oracle iRecruitment
7 10 (1.209%) Oracle Retail
7 10 (1.209%) Oracle Payroll
8 9 (1.088%) Google Analytics
9 5 (0.605%) Oracle HRMS
10 4 (0.484%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.484%) Maximo
10 4 (0.484%) SAP SD
11 2 (0.242%) Dynamics NAV
11 2 (0.242%) Agresso
11 2 (0.242%) Lawson
12 1 (0.121%) SAP MM
12 1 (0.121%) SAP WM
12 1 (0.121%) HFM
12 1 (0.121%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.693%) Internet
2 11 (1.330%) Wireless
3 9 (1.088%) SAN
3 9 (1.088%) Network Security
4 8 (0.967%) Firewall
5 5 (0.605%) LAN
6 4 (0.484%) WAN
6 4 (0.484%) HTTP
7 3 (0.363%) DNS
7 3 (0.363%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.363%) VPN
7 3 (0.363%) DHCP
7 3 (0.363%) VoIP
8 2 (0.242%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.242%) VLAN
8 2 (0.242%) SMS
8 2 (0.242%) Extranet
8 2 (0.242%) Intranet
9 1 (0.121%) DMZ
9 1 (0.121%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (20.68%) SQL Server
2 66 (7.981%) Essbase
3 65 (7.860%) Oracle BI EE
3 65 (7.860%) Oracle 11g
4 60 (7.255%) MySQL
5 43 (5.200%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (3.990%) Oracle 10g
7 25 (3.023%) SQL Server 2005
8 24 (2.902%) SQL Server 2008
9 18 (2.177%) Oracle Discoverer
10 13 (1.572%) DB2
10 13 (1.572%) RDBMS
11 12 (1.451%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (1.330%) SQL Server 2012
13 8 (0.967%) TOAD
13 8 (0.967%) SQL Server 2000
14 7 (0.846%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (0.846%) PostgreSQL
15 6 (0.726%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (0.726%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 30 (3.628%) Visual Studio
2 18 (2.177%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 17 (2.056%) NUnit
4 15 (1.814%) Subversion
5 13 (1.572%) Rhino Mocks
6 9 (1.088%) JIRA
7 8 (0.967%) MSI
8 7 (0.846%) PhoneGap
9 4 (0.484%) MSTest
9 4 (0.484%) ChangeMan
9 4 (0.484%) Dreamweaver
9 4 (0.484%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.363%) PEAR
11 2 (0.242%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.242%) Moq
11 2 (0.242%) Selenium
11 2 (0.242%) Oracle APEX
12 1 (0.121%) ERwin
12 1 (0.121%) QuickTest Pro
12 1 (0.121%) LoadRunner
General
1 230 (27.81%) Finance
2 134 (16.20%) Telecoms
3 100 (12.09%) Banking
4 67 (8.102%) Manufacturing
5 55 (6.651%) Marketing
6 53 (6.409%) Advertising
7 50 (6.046%) Retail Banking
8 29 (3.507%) Pharmaceutical
9 26 (3.144%) Games
10 25 (3.023%) Back Office
11 14 (1.693%) Law
12 12 (1.451%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.209%) Private Banking
13 10 (1.209%) Investment Banking
14 7 (0.846%) Publishing
15 6 (0.726%) Automotive
16 4 (0.484%) International Banking
16 4 (0.484%) Legal
17 3 (0.363%) Local Government
18 1 (0.121%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 267 (32.29%) Developer
2 118 (14.27%) Consultant
3 106 (12.82%) Analyst
4 84 (10.16%) Web Developer
5 78 (9.432%) .NET Developer
6 72 (8.706%) Oracle Consultant
7 54 (6.530%) Architect
8 53 (6.409%) Project Manager
9 49 (5.925%) C# Developer
10 47 (5.683%) C# .NET Developer
11 46 (5.562%) PHP Developer
12 42 (5.079%) DBA
13 40 (4.837%) Business Analyst
14 37 (4.474%) C# ASP.NET Developer
15 36 (4.353%) Oracle BI Consultant
15 36 (4.353%) Business Intelligence Consultant
15 36 (4.353%) ASP.NET Developer
16 33 (3.990%) Designer
17 32 (3.869%) Java Developer
18 31 (3.748%) Oracle DBA
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.111%) Computer Science
2 21 (2.539%) FMCG
3 16 (1.935%) SaaS
3 16 (1.935%) Management Information System
4 15 (1.814%) Social Media
4 15 (1.814%) Online Banking
5 14 (1.693%) Mobile App
5 14 (1.693%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (1.693%) Mathematics
5 14 (1.693%) Mainframe
6 12 (1.451%) Statistics
7 10 (1.209%) SCADA
8 9 (1.088%) Tandem
9 5 (0.605%) EPoS
9 5 (0.605%) PMI
9 5 (0.605%) IBM Mainframe
9 5 (0.605%) Open Source
10 4 (0.484%) Digital Media
10 4 (0.484%) LPAR
10 4 (0.484%) HACMP
Operating Systems
1 89 (10.76%) UNIX
2 57 (6.892%) Windows
3 56 (6.771%) Linux
4 18 (2.177%) Windows 7
5 13 (1.572%) Windows 8
6 9 (1.088%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (0.846%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (0.605%) AIX
9 4 (0.484%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.484%) Windows XP
9 4 (0.484%) MVS
9 4 (0.484%) zOS
10 3 (0.363%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.242%) Windows Phone 8
11 2 (0.242%) Windows Phone
11 2 (0.242%) Solaris
12 1 (0.121%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.121%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.121%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (22.37%) E-Commerce
2 103 (12.45%) MVC
3 102 (12.33%) Time Management
4 96 (11.61%) Business Intelligence
5 80 (9.674%) Project Management
5 80 (9.674%) Web Development
6 71 (8.585%) Agile Software Development
7 59 (7.134%) Logistics
8 56 (6.771%) TDD
9 43 (5.200%) Stakeholder Management
10 42 (5.079%) ITIL
11 33 (3.990%) ERP
12 32 (3.869%) UML
13 30 (3.628%) B2B
13 30 (3.628%) Enterprise Architecture
14 28 (3.386%) Scrum
14 28 (3.386%) Web Application Development
14 28 (3.386%) Analytics
15 27 (3.265%) Web Design
15 27 (3.265%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 161 (19.47%) SQL
2 142 (17.17%) JavaScript
3 126 (15.24%) C#
4 76 (9.190%) Java
4 76 (9.190%) PHP
5 60 (7.255%) VB.NET
6 41 (4.958%) T-SQL
7 26 (3.144%) PL/SQL
8 23 (2.781%) VB
9 21 (2.539%) VB6
10 18 (2.177%) Shell Script
11 17 (2.056%) C
11 17 (2.056%) C++
12 14 (1.693%) PHP5
13 13 (1.572%) Python
14 11 (1.330%) PHP4
15 10 (1.209%) JCL
16 9 (1.088%) Ruby
17 6 (0.726%) X++
18 4 (0.484%) VBA
Qualifications
1 89 (10.76%) Degree
2 84 (10.16%) Security Cleared
3 29 (3.507%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.265%) Microsoft Certification
5 23 (2.781%) MCSD
6 22 (2.660%) MCP
6 22 (2.660%) MCAD
6 22 (2.660%) MCTS
7 11 (1.330%) HND
8 9 (1.088%) ISEB
9 7 (0.846%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.484%) OCP
10 4 (0.484%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (0.363%) CISSP
11 3 (0.363%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.363%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.363%) PMP
11 3 (0.363%) CISA
11 3 (0.363%) CISM
11 3 (0.363%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.451%) SLA
2 6 (0.726%) QA
2 6 (0.726%) COBIT
3 5 (0.605%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.484%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.121%) GMP
System Software
1 20 (2.418%) Oracle RMAN
2 15 (1.814%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.088%) Oracle RAC
4 8 (0.967%) Microsoft App-V
5 6 (0.726%) XenApp
6 4 (0.484%) PowerHA
6 4 (0.484%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 3 (0.363%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 2 (0.242%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (1.693%) Data Guard
2 9 (1.088%) MIMEsweeper
3 4 (0.484%) SCCM
3 4 (0.484%) CA Endevor
3 4 (0.484%) OMEGAMON
3 4 (0.484%) Tivoli
4 3 (0.363%) SCOM
5 2 (0.242%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.242%) WhatsUp Gold
5 2 (0.242%) HP SIM
5 2 (0.242%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (0.242%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 1 (0.121%) MOM
6 1 (0.121%) Nagios
6 1 (0.121%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.121%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.121%) Business Desktop Deployment
Vendors
1 188 (22.73%) Oracle
2 122 (14.75%) Fujitsu
3 115 (13.91%) Microsoft
4 66 (7.981%) Hyperion
5 33 (3.990%) SAP
6 25 (3.023%) Teradata
6 25 (3.023%) Citrix
7 21 (2.539%) Business Objects
8 20 (2.418%) MicroStrategy
9 16 (1.935%) Cisco
10 14 (1.693%) CheckPoint
11 12 (1.451%) Zend
12 11 (1.330%) Juniper
13 10 (1.209%) Symantec
14 9 (1.088%) Websense
14 9 (1.088%) McAfee
14 9 (1.088%) IBM
14 9 (1.088%) Blue Coat
14 9 (1.088%) Google
14 9 (1.088%) IronPort
Wigan, North West
We need a strong BA who can bring expert knowledge, vision and value to the organisation whilst supporting the PMO team in a retail focused business sector. Brand...
Mint
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits, bonus, training
Posted: 7 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Demonstrate an ability to learn and understand the software product, and the tools and techniques adopted by the Development team - in particular .NET, C# & SQL Server / Oracle... PERSON...
Advantage XPO
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cheshire
With responsibility for building on their already established e-commerce proposition, this role has both new business and commercial elements... The successful Online Trading Manager must have a...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £40k - 50k per year
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Develop your potential - and ours Being an Business Analyst at Barclays is a great way to put your business intelligence expertise to good use and work with the...
Barclays
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Develop your potential - and oursBeing an Business Analyst at Barclays is a great way to put your business intelligence expertise to good use and work with the latest...
BARCLAYS
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
An understanding of Web Analytics Applications ( i.e Celebrus, Coremetrics etc .) and their use in a commercial environment... eCommerce / Retail... managing all Web Analytics development... Work with the...
Crimson Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
Project Managers will be responsible for working on a variety of high profile commercially driven projects to replace retail, ERP, eCommerce and distribution systems.Project Managers must have...
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Career Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
Do you have experience in coding which adheres to usability, accessibility and SEO Industry best practice?... Have you worked on eCommerce or Front-end prototypes and do you...
Hudson
Salary: £17000 - £26000 per annum + overtime and benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Demonstrate an ability to learn and understand the software product, and the tools and techniques adopted by the Development team - in particular .NET, C# & SQL Server / Oracle... Knowledge /...
Advantage XPO
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Wigan, North West
My client works in a niche aspect of the retail sector delivering eCommerce website and solutions, as such any experience working on highly transactional web sites is advantageous.
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + Retail Vouchers and Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wigan, North West
The company are continually the market leader in their particular industry.Reporting directly in to the current Group IT Director, you will be heading up the Service Delivery...
Mint
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + bonus, pension
Posted: 7 May 2013
Wilmslow, North West
Our client, a Software Company based Wilmslow, Cheshire is currently looking for a skilled C# Web Developer. The company builds e-commerce sites for consumer and trade sales,...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
Project Managers will be responsible for working on a variety of high profile commercially driven IT projects to replace head office, retail, ERP, eCommerce, call centre, warehouse and...
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Career Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
The successful applicant will help create the standards for use of the Web Analytics applications... development experience with SQL, database tables and SPSS/SAS... Your responsibilities in this...
Crimson Ltd
Salary: £34000 - £38000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
This role would suit an experienced SharePoint Developer with experience of SharePoint in an enterprise environment, together with first-rate ASP.Net / C# / SQL / Windows Server knowledge... Microsoft...
Searchability.co.uk
Posted: 20 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
This role would suit an experienced SharePoint Developer with experience of SharePoint in an enterprise environment, together with first-rate ASP.Net / C# / SQL / Windows Server knowledge... Microsoft...
Searchability.co.uk
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Business Analysis, Business Analyst, Functional Architect, Architecture, Energy, B2B, process, transformation, change, BPO, BPR, stakeholder, function, design, requirements, Manchester, Northwest, North West... with B2B energy experience is required...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum DoE
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Relevant Skills/Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field - Strong Knowledge of C#, ASP.Net, JavaScript - Experience of developing a commercial web product - Experience of...
Appliance Online
Salary: Competitive Salary - Negotiable dependant on Experience
Posted: 7 May 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
Strong understanding of business analysis processes and methodologies, including identification of where business intelligence will add value. Knowledge and understanding of Waterfall and Agile project methodologies... Experience of...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £25k - 30k per year
Posted: 23 May 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
50,000 A fantastic opportunity has arisen within a leading organisation online and retail company industry for a Project Manager with prior experience of leading Ecommerce projects (Web...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £50k per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
You will be an experienced IT PMO Analyst used to working in fast paced and highly changeable environment with a good understanding of project management and coordination. You...
Virtual Resources
Salary: Up to £25,000 per annum Fantastic benefits including Exceptional Pensi
Posted: 22 May 2013
Blackburn, North West
You will also have an excellent understanding of OOA/D, and ideally have worked with Agile methodologies and possibly Websphere (Websphere Application Server, MQ or Websphere commerce) although...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 6 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
A fantastic opportunity has come available for an experienced SQL Developer to join an organisation which is simply leading the industry in packaged account products in the financial...
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
MS Visual Studio 2010. SharePoint 2010 Development /Configuration/ SharePoint 2010 Infrastructure. InfoPath 2010 / WebParts. ASP.NET v3.5. C# .NET. Powershell scripts. JQuery, CSS, XML, XSLT, Ajax... Understand,...
Experis IT
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Chester, North West
This will be a relatively hands off role but you will need experience of ASP.Net as well as strong C# and SQL knowledge... It will also involve...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013